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Applying for a Journalist US I-Visa: everything you need to know

August 16th, 2009 · Comments

Visa requirements for travelling to the US as a journalist are a constant source of discussion among Australian IT journos. I went straight to the source, The US Consulate Sydney, to get the myths debunked once and for all.
Aussie IT journos frequently toss up questions like:

[Big PR company] assures me I don't need a Visa [...]

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Tags: How to · Journalism · Media · Travel

How to ensure your press release fails

March 20th, 2009 · Comments

BRILLIANT article by Bill Bennett here.

1. Cripple its chances of reaching editors and journalists
Everyone can read plain text messages contained in the body of an email. The message will almost certainly get through to any kind of desktop email clients, all flavours of web mail, as well as blackberries, iPhones and Palm Pilots.To reach less [...]

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Sensis websites are total shit… according to BRAN

June 18th, 2008 · Comments

This is why I love BRAN, the tech podcast by Aussie journos Angus Kidman, Nathan Taylor and Roulla Yiaccoumi: a quote from the latest episode (90): "Every site Sensis has rolled out is … let's not mince words… TOTAL SHIT…"
I couldn't agree more. I was amazed at what abject shit the new version of Whereis [...]

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